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Good morning Barb and Maggie, Chet, Spence, Admin, and Everybody!
We are being held prisoner indoors today. They think the house has been Kat-Proofed. We say think again.
Hey, lets check this big tree with all the stuff hanging on it, just for starters.

Ivy, one of the Great Dane therapy puppies, had her leg stepped on by a volunteer yesterday. She’s just sleeping away from the other puppies and doggie doc will arrive soon. The volunteer must feel terrible.

A frosty morning…fireplace sending off a cheery glow…enjoying a Monday off, the last day of our holiday weekend.
There will be no Cyber Monday shopping here. We are waiting with bated breath for Auction Friday and the soon-to-be-unveiled to secret item.
B: The Beeb is the latest teenage heartthrob.

Bee, Justin Bieber has been around for several years. Cute young Canadian singer who has won many music awards. He is called The Beeb for short.

Does anyone remember the names of the two books mentioned over the weekend about young girls that were kidnapped by Indian tribes and then did not want to go back to white society? I think one was the Reluctent Captive, or something like that. I believe one was a true story.

Barb, There is a fiction book about Cynthia Parker you might like. It is called, Ride the Wind, by Lucia St. Clair Robson.
Mom ignored that book for years because she thought it was a romance novel. The cover of the paperback is splorty. Then, she read the customer reviews of it on Amazon and changed her mind and ordered it. It is a very good book! It isn’t a romance novel. It is a historical novel.
a small warning…the other books by this same author are not nearly as good as this one.

Of course, the dog door picks today to break. The wind is wicked and it’s cold with snow flurries. I have done an “AJ” fix on it. Should last until the weather gets better and I can take the door off and use the proper tools.

Rio: Wooo is right. I was looking up my bank account balance and unfortunately I entered the password wrong three times. Don’t know if it was nerves, my eyes or the fact that I just got up. Now I am locked out of my account. Rose, am I going to be bidding against you???? That’s ok, if you win, I will be happy for you.

I was lying under the tree where I always lie, just minding my own business. Kat wanted to play with me. Meashka wanted to pull her out. Then T.C. tried to get them to stop grabbing for me, so she could bop me. Once the tree was down, Dima, who never left the sofa, started weaving the tale he was going to tell the rents when they get home.

Buddy: talk about tales of Christmas trees past! There were a few years that I didn’t even bother to put up a tree due to animal shenanigans. Once I put it in my spare bedroom which was no fun in terms of having to visit the room to enjoy the lights. The animals were onto me and I would have to quickly enter and exit the room trying to keep my cat and/or dog out. They became more and more determined to get into the room. Ahh, memories.

C. Hobbit, no worries about bidding against each other. I mean not that I wouldn’t want to be on the trail with Bella’s handsome musher, but my piggy bank has taken some hits, and there is still the auction. Maybe that TOP SECRET item is the AJ version of the 2013 Snowhook calendar. :^)

AN idea for all youse dogs and kats out there. Would like to see that as an auction item next year. Cheesecake indeed!

Tree!…The fur is going to fly when someone gets home…heh!heh!…My friend says she is going to put up her tree downstairs where we can enjoy it….snort!…Her mother does not care for Christmas trees anyways…sniff!

Back from the library. Picked up Unredeemed Captive and ordered Summer Moom, which was checked out. Thank you Dawson for the offer. Our little Lena Library didn’t have many books, but the Woodstock Library is huge.

Barb can not believe that youse guys haven’t heard of Justin Bieber. He is probably mentioned daily on the news, plus has won all kinds of music awards. The Beeb is probably mentioned as much as the President of the United States! In fact, they said his name twice 30 seconds ago on Extra. Maybe you don’t tune in to any of those trash holiwood news shows? He got booed at the Canadian ball game this weekend, and got dised for wearing overalls when he met the Prime Minister of Canada the other day.

Siber-H, I believe it’s the biggest money maker for the Iditarod itself. So I guess the $7,500 is a buy it now button?

My hands smell of ginger. Yum, dinner is going to be good.

Heard from YSAS. He still doesn’t know if he’s one of the eight, BUT he got a featured extra role. He is a Fagan like character teaching children how to steal. That’s my son! He played Fagan in his high school production of “Oliver”.

CHobbit: The Prof and I will be arriving in Alaska on February 26. We will be there for the pre-festivities, and the starting line. It would be so cool to meet up with you. Can I find your SDD on Dishlickers?

Thanks for all the good thoughts for YSAS. He had a good time. Still working.

I have been working on a desktop saver for all of us during the Iditarod. This is what I have so far. I think I’m up to date. And, if you want to change the name of YOUR own checkpoint I will try to fix it. Now Riö and Kats, no changing other peoples’!

Mail!… All of youse guys who bought my friends projects listen up…snort!… She will be mailing them out this afternoon, so you can expect to receive them 3 days from now. Four days if you are SiberH…grunt!…If you are not going to be home on Wed. or Thursday please give me a shout and she will mail yours later…wheeze!

Aunt Molly, That Buddy is a real laugh riot. Mom asked me to get right on this here blog and set the record straight. She wants me to tell you that she lives with the best damn dang Husky Pack ever!

Dawson, was that you who asked about Misha vs Meashka? Misha was a big brother who passed long before I arrived on the scene. He was the love of Sasha’s life…so much so that Mom and Dad referred to them as husband and wife. Ironically, about a month after he passed, a nearby boarding kennel called Mom about a girl husky named Meashka who desperately needed a home. And you all know the rest of the story.

Rio – Do you ask for a signature on delivery? That would be tricky for me with my schedule and the mail person’s erratic route timing. Otherwise, send it on. The blue duck of happines is mine/mine/mine!

Nice map, Melanie. BTW, haven’t found YSAS on BE and betting the season finale is one huge bloody battle.

C Hobbit – very good idea to auction mention of a name in the next C&B, or the one after that, or the one after that.

Bluecat: Asking after your health out of concern. I hate when any of the four- leggeds are under the weather. Come to think of it, I don’t like hearing about any two-leggeds being under the weather either.

Gah!…BluKat!…sniff!…Quit splorting! I swear you and Beau lately…grunt!…My friend says its because her mother over-feeds us day in and day out….heh!…Those two are not getting along tonight. Her mother asks how her day was and then refuses to listen instead tells my friend what she should do without knowing anything. The women hasn’t worked and hardly leaves the house, yet she has all the answers…snort!….Tonight this didn’t sit well with my friend…grunt!

Very good day here today. Most importantly, I finally got to see grandpa at the rehab facility. Dad wheeled him out in a wheelchair and I got some very serious tummies time in with him before dad took him back in. I have definitely been tummies deprived since he broke his hip. Mom and dad thought it lifted grandpa’s spirits a lot too. Afterwards, we went for a nice walkies and then to Dairy Queen, one of my favorite destinations.
Wookie

Wöökie, I’m so glad you got to see your Grandpa (and got tummies). It’s important to keep the spirits up of those in rehab. I believe you did your bit!

No DQ around here. Had them back in VA where we lived. I love that they give free cones to dogs. The Pack loves to go to the drive through at the bank because they get bones. When I stop at the window, they peer around my shoulder. Always an “awww” time.

Threats, promises, bribes, pretty pleases have all been endured today by those wanting a sneak peek at the top secret items. The alarm (Bishop and 49 of his closest friends) sounded several times last night. Was it at a nearby moose or to warn us of Plunderers army crawling thought the woods trying to get their paws on said item. I expect to be strapped to a chair with a bright light in my face any time now. I’m prepared. I’m not squealing.

Phew. Finally, Mama got a chance to sit. Gramp may be old, but he ain’t slowin’ down. Not for no one, not no how.
He may just about turn Mama’s hair grey before he gets his glasses and can see again.
Short version of a long story – bought front load washer and dryer 4 years ago. Bought extended warranty. Good thing – washing machine has broken SEVEN times in 4 years. Extended warranty is up for renewal. Expensive. But necessary with the history. Unless machine is replaced – but it is working fine right now. Gramp says, lets just go look. Went to store that is not High. Consumer Reports best washer is on super sale. Gramp and Dad say DO IT. Mama says, wellllllll…… Salesman says he will take off ANOTHER $500 on washer, pedestal and extended warranty. New washer is being delivered next week.
Came home to discover that SOMEONE had gotten into the cabinet that holds the trash and strewn an entire bag of coffee grounds, papers, melon rinds and assorted other icky stuff all over the kitchen and dining room. (We suspect naughty elves – or Wrotten Kats. We have no recollection of how it happened)
After that was all cleaned up, dinner was accomplished. Then Mama was checking email, only to find a brand new one that says the show this weekend has been changed – it now opens FRIDAY and set up time is only from 8 am to 10 am on Friday. It was supposed to be an all day set up time on Friday with the show opening on Saturday. AAARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!
So – thats why she hasn;’t been around much. And she is missing all the excitement on this here blog!

We sent an email to the show producer to ask what the heck was going on. He made a mistake on the press release and said the show opened on Friday. This guy gets lots and lots of press, so it is all over Boston that the show starts on Friday. So, now the show starts on Friday.

Oh well – except for the two hour set up thing, we have to look at a 3 day show as being better than a 2 day show, right?

Golinka!…Didn’t you guys have an old couch that refused to leave before too?…snort!…Just keep thinking of the new washer and dryer that will eventually arrive sometime in the near or far future…wheeze!

Rio – we don’t think Mama’s feet would probably fit in your friend’s delicate little s h o e s, but she does know that as far as lives go,hers isnt all that bad.
She just wishes Gramp had his glasses, and that she was more prepared for the upcoming shows. (But that’s her own dam fault – Procrastination, thy name is Golinka!)